Our family was lying on the bed, doing what families usually do (talking and laughing) when Miss Ten suddenly changes conversation topic......
"Mum, who are you going to vote for?"
For those of you who don't know, our federal elections are coming up in less than a fortnight and at the moment, our televisions are saturated with coverage of the two main campaigners - current prime minister Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott - vying for political kudos!
"Gee", was my rather shocked reply, "I don't know" (ie, me the fence-sitting, swinging voter!). Then Miss Ten looks at me in the most innocent, wide-eyed way and says:
"Are you gonna vote for Tony Rabbit?"
Naturally, I burst out laughing and then went on to explain that his name is actually 'Abbott' and not 'Rabbit'.
"Oh, I know that!" she calmly replied. "I just call him 'Tony Rabbit' because he has big ears!"
Leave it to kids to say the very obvious!
Photo courtesey of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CROP_Tony_Abbott.jpg
